EP0144251A1 - Oxydation catalytique du propylène en acétate d'allyle - Google Patents

Oxydation catalytique du propylène en acétate d'allyle Download PDF

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EP0144251A1
EP0144251A1 EP84308534A EP84308534A EP0144251A1 EP 0144251 A1 EP0144251 A1 EP 0144251A1 EP 84308534 A EP84308534 A EP 84308534A EP 84308534 A EP84308534 A EP 84308534A EP 0144251 A1 EP0144251 A1 EP 0144251A1
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George Suld
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    • C07C67/00Preparation of carboxylic acid esters
    • C07C67/04Preparation of carboxylic acid esters by reacting carboxylic acids or symmetrical anhydrides onto unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
    • C07C67/05Preparation of carboxylic acid esters by reacting carboxylic acids or symmetrical anhydrides onto unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds with oxidation
    • C07C67/055Preparation of carboxylic acid esters by reacting carboxylic acids or symmetrical anhydrides onto unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds with oxidation in the presence of platinum group metals or their compounds

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  • This invention relates to a.process for the oxidation of propylene to form allyl acetate,'a specialty chemical useful as a precursor to allyl alcohol and other articles of commerce. More particularly, this process is directed to the improvement of oxidizing propylene in one step in the presence of acetic acid to form allyl acetate at high selectivities and yields under moderate reaction conditions in the liquid phase by the use of a novel olefin-activated palladium catalyst.
  • Typical soluble palladium and copper chloride and acetate catalyst systems give very poor allyl acetate selectivity when used in acetic acid in the presence of acetate ion (Clark, Hayden and Smith, Discuss. Faraday Soc., 46, 98 (1968)).
  • Another type of catalyst, palladium trifluoroacetate operates under mild conditions in the liquid phase to give allyl acetate as the predominant product (French Patent 79-05874 (1980)) but catalyst recovery for re-use is difficult.
  • allyl acetate has been prepared by heterogeneous catalysts in the vapor phase at high temperature or by a soluble catalyst in the liquid phase at low temperature. In the former case reaction selectivity is a problem and in the latter case both selectivity and catalyst recovery are major difficulties.
  • propylene can be oxidized with air or oxygen in the presence of acetic acid in a single step in the liquid phase and under mild reaction conditions to form allyl acetate in high yield and at high selectivities when there is employed an activated palladium metal catalyst supported on carbon or alumina, wherein the palladium has been activated with a C 3 -C 6 olefin, preferably propylene prior to said oxidation under conditions described in detail below.
  • the reaction in order to increase the reaction rate and at the same time reduce the reactor volume, it has been found to be advantageous that the reaction be carried out in a trickle bed reactor in which the liquid reaction medium is allowed to pass downward over a fixed catalyst bed and the allyl acetate product recovered at the bottom.
  • the oxidation reaction can be carried out using an ebulating bed of catalyst while circulating gases and solvent.
  • the catalyst employed in this invention may be prepared by activating a carbon- or alumina-supported palladium metal catalyst with a C3 C6 olefin, preferably propylene.
  • the starting material from which the catalyst is prepared may be any finely divided palladium in the metallic state, on a support such as carbon or, less preferred, alumina, as for example a commercially available 5%, 10%, or 20% palladium on carbon available from standard catalyst manufacturers such as Engelhard Industries or Johnson Mathey, Inc.
  • palladium metal catalyst or “palladium in the metallic state” is meant those palladium catalysts which have been prepared from their salts by known reduction means either commercially or as shown, for example, by Scharfe et al, U.S. Patent 3,970,713, or Holzrichter et al, U.S. Patent 3,275,680, but which have subsequently been exposed to the atmosphere in normal process procedures. While applicants do not wish to be bound by any particular theories, it is believed that in the normal course of handling and using the reduced catalysts of the prior art subsequent to reduction of the palladium, a certain proportion of the palladium surface species, by virtue of exposure to the atmosphere, becomes oxidized.
  • this activation treatment be carried out at temperatures of at least about 60°C, up to 150°C, preferably about 65 to 95°C, for a period of at least about 10 minutes to about 120 minutes, preferably at least about 30 to 60 minutes, under oxygen-free conditions as described below. This is generally carried out at pressures of at least about 1 atmosphere, up to about 100 atmospheres of propylene, although about 2-20 atmospheres is preferred.
  • activated palladium metal catalyst is meant, for purposes of this invention, a catalyst prepared in accordance with the above method.
  • the activation be carried out in the substantial absence of oxygen, and preferably under essentially oxygen-free conditions. While the presence of small amounts of oxygen, to an extent which can be readily determined by those skilled in the art, can still result in a catalyst which performs under somewhat more mild conditions than the commercial catalysts described above, the full benefits of the present invention are derived from activating the catalyst under conditions which are as oxygen-free as can be obtained, at least within the standards of commercial feasibility.
  • oxygen-free conditions can be achieved by known means, for example by using deaerated water or solvent, and pure olefin gas, during the activation of the catalyst.
  • Deaeration can be readily achieved by placing the liquid under vacuum until it boils, or by bubbling the desired olefin through the liquid for a period of time until no more oxygen is displaced.
  • the pure olefin can be obtained commercially in various grades such as chemical purity grade, research purity grade, or polymer grade, the latter two being preferred because of their higher purity of over about 99.7%. (The latter two are available, for example from Matheson, Division of Searle Medical Products, and Sun Co., respectively.)
  • the catalyst of the invention may be prepared separately and maintained in an active state if kept in an oxygen-free atmosphere, more conveniently the preparation is carried out in the same reactor used for the propylene oxidation. This may conveniently be achieved, for example by adding a commercially available finely divided palladium on activated carbon to an acetic acid medium in a sealed reactor, flushing the system with propylene gas, and then heating the mixture under propylene pressure until the desired temperature for preparation of the catalyst is reached, at which time the mixture is stirred for at least 30 minutes at that temperature, again, in the absence of oxygen, and desirably in the presence of a slight excess of propylene.
  • the propylene may be replaced by a mixture of propylene and oxygen, desirably with oxygen being present in approximately stoichiometric amounts to avoid deactivation of the catalyst, and the oxidation reaction carried out in the presence of acetic acid at pressures of from about 1 to 10 atmospheres.
  • the pressure may be maintained by the further addition of the gas mixture from time to time until the desired propylene conversion to allyl acetate is achieved.
  • Air may be used in place of oxygen, in which case the amount of propylene must be adjusted proportionately.
  • the activating agent for the catalyst is preferably propylene, if desired there may instead be employed other light olefins having an allylic hydrogen and containing from 3-6 carbon atoms. Most preferred, in addition to propylene, are butene-1, butene-2 or isobutylene.
  • the olefin-activated catalyst maintains its activity over long periods of time as long as at least small amounts of an acceptable olefin are present.
  • it has been found beneficial to run the reaction by constantly sparging the propylene/oxygen or air reaction mixture through the acetic acid solution. In this way, the propylene is kept in excess and the catalyst remains highly active, thereby maintaining high selectivities and other advantages noted above.
  • the ration of catalyst to reaction medium is desirably in the range of about 0.05-5.0 gram atoms of palladium per liter of reactant, and preferably about 0.1-1.0 gram atoms.
  • the reaction can be conducted effectively by varying the volume of reactants and contact time with the catalyst in a generally known manner to achieve the high yields and selectivities disclosed herein.
  • a metal acetate such as sodium acetate may be added to the reaction in amounts of up to 0.7 moles per liter of liquid medium for the purpose of enhancing the acetate ion concentration, and also the yield.
  • the ratio of catalyst to reaction medium is desirably in the range of about 0.05-5.0 gram atoms of palladium per liter of solution, and preferably about 0.1-1.0 gram atoms.
  • the reaction can be conducted effectively by varying the volume of reactants and contact time with the catalyst in a generally known manner to achieve the high yields and selectivities disclosed herein.
  • the table compares activated palladium-on-carbon with standard soluble Pd(OAc) 2/ C U CI 2 catalysts.
  • Examples 1 and 2 show that standard soluble palladium catalysts give poor selectivity to allyl acetate under the reaction conditions of this invention.
  • Examples 3 and 4 show low yields and selectivities using palladium-on-carbon which had not been pre-reduced.
  • Examples 6-9 show high yields of allyl acetate over activated catalysts which improve by increasing the added sodium acetate.

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